Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 26, 1994                   TAG: 9402260154
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Landmark News Service
DATELINE: GREENSBORO, N.C.                                LENGTH: Short

EXPRESS LOSES 6-3 TO MONARCHS

The Greenboro Monarchs played like a team with something to prove as they skated to a 6-3 victory over the Express before a crowd of 7,549 at the Greensboro Coliseum.

The Monarchs, who had won only one of their previous five games, came out flying and outshot Roanoke 23-9 in the first period to take a 4-2 lead.

The Monarchs set a dizzying pace from the opening faceoff and peppered the Roanoke net with 23 shots in the first period.

Phil Berger gave the Monarchs a 1-0 lead 26 seconds into the game. Berger put in the rebound of a Scott White blast from the point.

The Express tied the score at the 2 minute, 6 second mark when Tony Szabo beat Patrick Labrecque with a wrist shot.

Dan Gravelle, J.F. Jomphe and Berger scored in a 3 1/2 minute span. Gravelle put in a rebound of a White shot at the 5:09 mark before Jomphe redirected a Sverre Sears shot from the point at 6:38. Berger added a power-play goal 8:49 into the first to give the Monarchs the 4-1 edge.

Roanoke's Ilja Dubkov scored on a wide open net on the powerplay with only 1:33 remaining to make it 4-2 after one.

Greensboro outshot (18-7) and outscored Roanoke 2-1 in the second period to take a 6-3 lead after 40 minutes. \

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